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Old 05-29-2009, 04:50 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pianoperformer View Post
OK, but word-for-word memorization is useless in math. You'd be better off reading about a concept, and doing a bunch of example problems to make sure you understand it.

What's your goal for this whole thing? I mean it could take you years to do this, all for what end?
word-for-word memorization is not useless in math because if one wants to memorize a formal definition of, let's say, the limit word-for-word, that is not useless.

I am not really sure what exactly my goal is in memorizing and understanding the entire branch of mathematics. all I know is that atleast it is something positive, or in other words, something that contributes towards overall health.
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